Artificial Intelligence - Student Guide

TRACI stands for Task, Role, Audience, Create, and Intent.

Using this AI research model, we can focus the GenAI chatbot to produce content more likely relevant to our inquiry. 

1. Task: This is the general activity the chatbot is being asked to perform. For example, “Create an outline for a paper on topic X”.
2. Role: This is the persona or perspective we want the chatbot to adopt and apply. For example, “You are a graduate student in program X”.
3. Audience: This is the target audience of the Task. For example, “The paper will be reviewed by class cohorts who are also students in the same discipline”.
4. Create: This is the format for the desired output. For example, “The paper is 10 pages long. Specify the 5 most important concepts for topic X as the main sections of the outline with details about each concept under those main sections”.
5. Intent: Clarifies the purpose of the Task. For example, “The paper should provide a knowledge foundation for those new to topic X”.

Unlocking the Power of Prompt Mnemonics: TRACI and CREATE

By Digital Research Services September 11, 2024

https://digital.library.sc.edu/blogs/scholcomm/unlocking-the-power-of-prompt-mnemonics-traci-and-create/

CREATE is another model that can be useful. CREATE stands for Character, Request, Examples, Adjustments, Type of Output, and Extras.

1. Character: This is similar to Role in the TRACI model. What character do you want the chatbot to play?
2. Request: This is similar to Task in the TRACI approach. Be specific in your request for what you want the chatbot to generate.
3. Examples: GenAI chatbots can “learn from” examples. If you have some, provide samples of style, tone, etc.
4. Adjustments: Refine the prompt. This can be done in an iterative process. Instructions like “avoid bullet points” or “highlight main points” may be useful.
5. Type of Output: This is similar to Create in the TRACI method. Total word length is one commonly used example.
6. Extras: Incorporate special instructions. One very useful example is telling the chatbot to explain its process (“thinking”) that lead to its response.

Unlocking the Power of Prompt Mnemonics: TRACI and CREATE

By Digital Research Services September 11, 2024

https://digital.library.sc.edu/blogs/scholcomm/unlocking-the-power-of-prompt-mnemonics-traci-and-create/

The ROBOT Test:

Reliability

• How reliable is the information available about the AI technology?
• If it’s not produced by the party responsible for the AI, what are the author’s credentials? Bias?
• If it is produced by the party responsible for the AI, how much information are they making available? 
  • Is information only partially available due to trade secrets?
  • How biased is they information that they produce?

Objectivity

• What is the goal or objective of the use of AI?
• What is the goal of sharing information about it?
  • To inform?
  • To convince?
  • To find financial support?

Bias

• What could create bias in the AI technology?
• Are there ethical issues associated with this?
• Are bias or ethical issues acknowledged?
  • By the source of information?
  • By the party responsible for the AI?
  • By its users?

Ownership

• Who is the owner or developer of the AI technology?
• Who is responsible for it?
  • Is it a private company?
  • The government?
  • A think tank or research group?
• Who has access to it?
• Who can use it?

Type

• Which subtype of AI is it?
• Is the technology theoretical or applied?
• What kind of information system does it rely on?
• Does it rely on human intervention? 

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To cite in APA: Hervieux, S. & Wheatley, A. (2020). The ROBOT test [Evaluation tool]. The LibrAIry. https://thelibrairy.wordpress.com/2020/03/11/the-robot-test

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